Akpan Selected to Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After leading the Crimson to
the Ivy League title and automatic berth to the NCAA tournament,
Harvard senior co-captain Andre Akpan has been named to the Top
Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year, it was announced
Thursday morning. Akpan garnered a spot on the second
team.

A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, Akpan, a forward, led Harvard
and the Ivy League in scoring with 11 goals and 28 points. He
ranked 14th in the nation with 1.65 points per game and tied for
the Harvard lead with six assists. Akpan also paced the
Crimson with four game-winning tallies.

Harvard's all-time leading scorer with 123 points, Akpan was
honored as the Ivy League Player of the Year and was unanimously
elected to the All-Ivy League first team for the fourth straight
season. He ranks first in school history with 33 assists and
stands second with 45 goals, two shy of Chris Ohiri '64 (47 goals)
for first. A two-time semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic
Club's Hermann Trophy, given to the nation's top soccer player,
Akpan had three multiple goal efforts this fall and was honored as
the Ivy League Player of the Week twice.

Akpan the Crimson will host the winner of Monmouth and Connecticut
in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday at 1 p.m. The
game will be played at Ohiri Field.